Improvement in blowers



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PATENT @Errea ENOCH CARLETON, OF CAPE ELIZABETH, MAINE.

IMPROVEMENT IN Brown-:Rs

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 116,265, dated June 27,1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, ENOCH OARLETON, of Cape Elizabeth, in the county ofCumberland and State of Maine, have invented a new and useful Improve-dBlower; and I do hereby declare the fol.- lowing to be a full, clear,and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawing', in which- Figure l is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 a top Theblower is constructed asfollows: A is a horizontal shaft, having ateither extremity a band-wheel, B. Centrally situa-ted on this shaft isthe wheel,.consisting of three thin walls or partitions, C D E, shown bydotted lines in Fig. 2.

j Of these three circular walls the middle and larger one, C, has noaperture. The outer walls D and E have each two almond-shaped or ovalholes, F. The holes F in each wall are so arranged or disposed thatthere is one in each quadrant of the wheel. Covering these holes are theprojecting fans G, which inclose the aperture on all sides save onethatwhich would first strike the air when the Wheel is revolved in theproper direction. Between the Walls D and E the shaft A is somewhatenlarged. From this enlarged shaft to the edge or outer circumference ofthe wheel, and

running along the edge of the aperture E, is the partition H, extendingfrom the wall D on one side of the wall C and to the wall E on theother. There are four of these partitions H, two upon each side of thewall C, those on one side having' a general direction at right angles tothe direction of those upon the other side. The wheel is surrounded witha casing, 'I which overlaps .the sides of the wheel as far as theprojecting fans G will allow, and terminates in the mouth K. The generalform of the casing is circular, not, however, concentric with the wheel,there being greater space between the circumference of the wheel andthat side of the casing opposite the mouth K than upon the other sideofthe casing. The upper half of the casiu g may be removable,

the edges ofthe lower part being provided with A the usual air-strips 5or it may be cast in two longitudinal vertical sections.

This `blower may, by the use of air-tight joints, be used as a pump fordrawing water and kindred purposes.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent ofthe United States, is-

The arrangement herein shown of the circular Witnesses:

GEORGE E. BIRD, WM. H. CLIFFORD.

